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Process for the efficient production of 7-ADCA via 2-(carboxyethylthio)acetyl-7-ADCA and 3-(carboxymethylthio)propionyl-7-ADCA Download PDF

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US5726032A US08/592,411 US59241196A US5726032A US 5726032 A US5726032 A US 5726032A US 59241196 A US59241196 A US 59241196A US 5726032 A US5726032 A US 5726032A
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  • the present invention concerns a biosynthetic process for preparation and recovery of 7-aminodesacetoxycephalosporanic acid (7-ADCA).
  • ⁇ -Lactam antibiotics constitute the most important group of antibiotic compounds, with a long history of clinical use. Among this group, the prominent ones are the penicillins and cephalosporins. These compounds are naturally produced by the filamentous fungi Penicillium chrysogenum and Acremonium chrysogenum, respectively.
  • the first two steps in the biosynthesis of penicillin in P. chrysogenum are the condensation of the three amino acids L-5-amino-5-carboxypentanoic acid (L- ⁇ -aminoadipic acid) (A), L-cysteine (C) and L-valine (V) into the tripeptide LLD-ACV, followed by cyclization of this tripeptide to form isopenicillin N.
  • L- ⁇ -aminoadipic acid A
  • L-cysteine C
  • L-valine V
  • This compound contains the typical ⁇ -lactam structure.
  • the third step involves the exchange of the hydrophilic side chain of L-5-amino-5-carboxypentanoic acid by a hydrophobic side chain by the action of the enzyme acyltransferase (AT).
  • AT enzyme acyltransferase
  • the side chain of choice is phenylacetic acid (PA).
  • PA phenylacetic acid
  • EP-A-0532341 the application of an adipate (5-carboxypentanoate) feedstock has been disclosed. The incorporation of this substrate leads to a penicillin derivative with a 5-carboxypentanoyl side chain, viz. 5-carboxy-pentanoyl-6-aminopenicillanic acid.
  • Cephalosporins are much more expensive than penicillins.
  • cephalosporins e.g. cephalexin
  • Cephalosporin C by far the most important starting material in this respect, is very soluble in water at any pH, thus implying lengthy and costly isolation processes using cumbersome and expensive column technology.
  • Cephalosporin C obtained in this way has to be converted into therapeutically used cephalosporins by a number of chemical and enzymetic conversions.
  • the intermediate 7-ADCA is currently produced by chemical derivatization of penicillin G.
  • the necessary chemical steps to produce 7-ADCA involve the expansion of the 5-membered penicillin ring structure to a 6-membered cephalosporin ring structure.
  • the expandase enzyme from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces clavuligerus can carry out such ring expansions. When introduced into P. chrysogenum, it can convert the penicillin ring structure into the cephalosporin ring structure, as described in Cantwell et al., Proc. R. Soco Lond. B. 248 (1992), 283-289; and in EP-A-0532341 and EP-A-0540210.
  • the expandase enzyme has been well characterized (EP-A-0366354) both biochemically and functionally, as has its corresponding gene. Both physical maps of the cefE gene (EP-A-0233715), DNA sequence and transformation studies in P. chrysogenum with cefE have been described.
  • Nocardia lactamdurans (formerly Streptomyces lactamdurans). Both the biochemical properties of the enzyme and the DNA sequence of the gene have been described (Cortes et al., J. Gert. Microbiol. 133 (1987), 3165-3174; and Coque et al., Mol. Gen. Genet. 236 (1993), 453-458, respectively).
  • EP-A-0532341 teaches the in vivo use of the expandase enzyme in P. chrysogenum, in combination with a 5-carboxypentanoyl side chain as a feedstock, which is used as a substrate for the acyltransferase enzyme in P. chrysogenum.
  • the removal of the 5-carboxypentanoyl side chain is suggested, yielding 7-ADCA as a final product.
  • the present invention provides an efficient process for producing 7-ADCA in which expandase and acyltransferase are expressed simultaneously.
  • the present invention provides an effective solvent extraction procedure for the recovery of the 7-ADCA derivative.
  • 7-ACA can be prepared in an efficient overall process in this way.
  • FIG. 1 A functional map of plasmid pMcTNE.
  • FIG. 2 A functional map of plasmid pMcTSE.
  • FIG. 3 A functional map of plasmid pMcTNde.
  • FIG. 4 A functional map of plasmid pGNETA.
  • FIG. 5 A functional map of plasmid pGSETA.
  • FIG. 6 A functional map of plasmid pANETA.
  • FIG. 7 A functional map of plasmid pASETA.
  • FIG. 8A-B DNA sequence of Nocardia lactamdurans cefE (Coque et al., supra), sequence ID No. 16, (lower lines) aligned with the DNA sequence of PCR product 1, sequence ID No. 14, (upper lines). Sequence listings ID No. 15 and ID No. 17 are the amino acid sequences derived from sequence ID No. 14 and No. 16, respectively
  • Sequence ID Nos. 1 to 13 oligonucleotides used in the construction of a P. chrysogenum expression cassette for the Streotomyces clavuligerus and Nocardia lactamdurans cefE genes.
  • Sequence ID No. 16 DNA sequence of Nocardia lactamdurans cefE (Coque et al., supra).
  • the present invention thus provides a process for the preparation and recovery of 7-aminodesacetoxycephalosporanic acid (7-ADCA) by:
  • step (e) is a filtration step.
  • the expression of the expandase gene is under the transcriptional and translational regulation of the respective control elements of the AT-gene, providing a simultaneous timing of expression of said genes.
  • 2-(carboxyethylthio)acetyl- and 3-(carboxymethyl-thio)propionyl-7-ADCA are recovered from the fermentation broth by extracting the broth filtrate with an organic solvent immiscible with water at a pH of lower than about 4.5 and back-extracting the same with water at a pH between 4 and 10.
  • a recombinant DNA vector comprising the DNA encoding expandase, functionally linked to the transcriptional and translational control elements of the AT-gene of P. chrysogenum or the A. nidulans gpda gene, and host cells transformed with the same, are provided.
  • the present invention concerns the use of functional gene constructs in P. chrysogenum for the in vivo expansion of the penicillin ring structure, in combination with the use of a new substrate for the biosynthetic enzymes to form a derivative of a key intermediate in the cephalosporin biosynthesis, 7-amino-desacetoxycephalosporanic acid, or 7-ADCA.
  • This derivative has a chemical composition so as to allow efficient solvent extraction, thus providing an economically attractive recovery process.
  • Transformation of P. chrysogenum can, in principle, be achieved by different means of DNA delivery, like PEG-Ca mediated protoplast uptake, electroporation or particle gun techniques, and selection of transformants.
  • PEG-Ca mediated protoplast uptake like PEG-Ca mediated protoplast uptake, electroporation or particle gun techniques, and selection of transformants.
  • Van den Hondel en Punt Gene Transfer and Vector Development for Filamentous Fungi, in: Applied Molecular Genetics of Fungi (Peberdy, Laten, Ogden, Bennett, eds.), Cambridge University Press (1991).
  • the application of dominant and non-dominant selection markers has been described (Van den Hondel, supra). Selection markers of both homologous (P. chrysogenum derived) and heterologous (non-P. chrysogenum derived) origin have been described.
  • a homologous selection marker is used to select transformants of P. chrysogenum to limit the amount of heterologous DNA introduced into P. chrysogenum.
  • a dominant selection marker is used which can be selectively removed from the transformed strain, e.g. the amdS gene of A. nidulans or other filamentous fungi (European patent application No. 94201896.1).
  • amdS selection marker which can be selectively removed from the strain, allows repeated rounds of transformation using the same dominant selection over and over again.
  • This selection-marker free feature of the novel expandase expressing P. chrysogenum strains is crucial for the rapid development of high-producing strains in an industrial strain improvement programme.
  • the ring-expansion reaction mediated by the expandase enzyme is introduced into and expressed in this way in P. chrysogenum, for instance in strain Wisconsin 54-1255.
  • This ring-expansion reaction is also carried out in mutants thereof having an improved ⁇ -lactam yield. It will be clear that in that case, the medium conditions have to be slightly adapted to obtain an efficient growth.
  • the cefE gene is placed under the transcriptional and translational control of the respective filamentous fungel gene control elements, preferably derived from P. chrysogenum acyltransferase (AT) gene, thus allowing its expression in the optimal time frame, synchronized with the action of the acyltransferase enzyme itself.
  • AT P. chrysogenum acyltransferase
  • intracellular co-locatisation of part of the expandase enzymes with acyltransferase in microbodies might be advantageous for the development of an economical production process.
  • These preferred embodiments will contribute enormously to reduce the amount of penicillin by-products, which are not tolerated in the 7-ADCA end product by registration authorities.
  • the present invention teaches how the activity of an expandase enzyme introduced into P. chrysogenum can be dedicated to the ring expansion of the penicillin ring in terms of synchronized expression.
  • ⁇ -lactam intermediates 2-(carboxyethylthio)acetyl- and 3-(carboxymethhylthio)propionyl-7-ADCA are produced in P. chrysogenum by adding 3-carboxymethylthio propionic acid or a salt or ester thereof.
  • Suitable salts are for instance those of sodium or potassium. The same are efficiently recovered from the media through a simple solvent extraction, for instance, as follows:
  • the broth is filtered and an organic solvent immiscible with water is added to the filtrate.
  • the pH is adjusted in order to extract the cephalosporin from the aqueous layer.
  • the pH range has to be lower than 4.5; preferably between 4 and 1, more preferably between 2 and 1.In this way the cephalosporin is separated from many other impurities present in the fermentation broth.
  • a small volume of organic solvent is used, giving a concentrated solution of the cephalosporin, so achieving reduction of the volumetric flow rates.
  • a second possibility is whole broth extraction at a pH of 4 or lower.
  • the broth is extracted between 4 and 1 with an organic solvent immiscible with water.
  • Any solvent that does not interfere with the cephalosporin molecule can be used.
  • Suitable solvents are, for instance, butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, methyl isobutyl ketone, alcohols like butanol etc.
  • Preferably 1-butanol or isobutanol are used.
  • cephalosporin is back extracted with water at a pH between 4 and 10, preferably between 6 and 9. Again the final volume is reduced drastically.
  • the recovery can be carried out at temperatures between 0° and 50° C., and preferably at ambient temperatures.
  • aqueous cephalosporin solution thus obtained is treated with a suitable enzyme in order to remove the 2-(carboxyethylthio)-acetyl- and 3- (carboxymethylthio) propionyl side chain and obtain the desired 7-ADCA.
  • an immobilized enzyme is used, in order to be able to use the enzyme repeatedly.
  • the methodology for the preparation of such particles and the immobilization of the enzymes have been described extensively in EP-A-0222462.
  • the pH of the aqueous solution has a value of, for example pH 4 to pH 9, at which the degradation reaction of cephalosporin is minimized and the desired conversion with the enzyme is optimized.
  • the enzyme is added to the aqueous cephalosporin solution while maintaining the pH at the appropriate level by, for instance, adding an inorganic base, such as a potassium hydroxide solution, or applying a cation exchange resin.
  • an inorganic base such as a potassium hydroxide solution
  • a cation exchange resin When the reaction is completed the immobilized enzyme is removed by filtration.
  • Another possibility is the application of the immobilized enzyme in a fixed or fluidized bed column, or using the enzyme in solution and removing the products by membrane filtration. Subsequently, the reaction mixture is acidified in the presence of an organic solvent immiscible with water.
  • Suitable enzymes are, for instance, derived from a Pseudomonas SY77 microorganism having a mutation in one or more of the positions 62,177,178 and 179. Also enzymes from other Pseudomonas microorganisms, preferably Pseudomonas SE83, optionally having a mutation in one or more of the positions corresponding to the 62, 177, 178 and 179 positions in Pseudomonas SY77, may be used.
  • the layers are separated and the pH of the aqueous layer is adjusted to 2 to 5.
  • the crystalline 7-ADCA is then filtered off.
  • the deacylation can also be carried out chemically as known in the prior art, for instance, via the formation of an imino-chloride side chain, by adding phosphorus pentachloride at a temperature of lower than 10° C. and subsequently isobutanol at ambient temperatures or lower.
  • PCR polymerase chain reactions
  • DNA characterization by Southern blot analyses 32 p labelled probes, 32 p labelling of DNA by random priming.
  • Synthetic DNA oligonucleoides are synthesized, using a commercial DNA synthesizer (Applied Biosystems, CA, U.S.A.) according to the instructions of the manufacturer.
  • PCR is performed using a commercial automatic PCR apparatus (Perkin Elmer, U.S.A.) and Ultma DNA polymerase (Perkin Elmer) according to the instructions of the manufacturer.
  • the hGC PCR protocol (Dutton et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 21, (No. 12)(1993) 2953-2954) was used to be able to amplify the cefE coding regions of the N. lactamdurans and the S. clavuligerus chromosomal DNA.
  • Restriction enzymes and other DNA modification enzymes are from BRL (MD,.U.S.A.) and used according to the instructions of the manufacturer.
  • E. coli vector pBluescript® is obtained from Stratagone (CA, U.S.A.).
  • DNA nucleotide sequence analysis is performed using an automatic DNA sequence analysis apparatus (Applied Biosystems) based upon detection of sequence-specific fluorescent labelling according to the instructions of the manufacturer.
  • Applied Biosystems automatic DNA sequence analysis apparatus
  • Streptomyces clavuligerus ATCC 27064 is grown in tryptic soy broth (Difco). Chromosomal DNA of this strain is used for isolation of the cefE gene (Kovacevic et al., J. Bacteriol. (1989), 754-760).
  • Nocardia lactamdurans ATCC 27382 is also grown in tryptic soy broth (Difco). Chromosomal DNA of this strain is used for isolation of the cefE gene (Coque et al., supra).
  • Penicillium chrysogenum Wisconsin 54.1255 (ATCC 28089) is grown in complete YPD medium (YPD; 1% yeast extract, 2% peptone, 2% glucose). Chromosomal DNA of this strain is used for the isolation of penDE gene 5' and 3' regulatory regions required for cefE gene expression. Penicillium chrysogenum ATCC 28089 is also used as a host for cefE gene transformation experiments. Other strains of Penicillium chrysogenum, including mutants of strain Wisconsin 54-1255, having an improved ⁇ -lactam yield, are also suitable. Depending on the transformant selection marker used, P.
  • chrysogenum strains containing mutations in the pyrG, niaD or facA gene may be used. These mutant strains can be obtained by methods well-known in the art (Cantoral, Bio/Technol. 5 (1987), 494-497; Gouka et al., J. Biotechn. 20 (1991), 189-200; and Gouka et al., Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (1993), 514-519).
  • protoplasting and regeneration procedures may differ slightly depending on the particular strain of Penicillium chrysogenum used and the transformant selection procedure applied.
  • E. coli WK6 (Zell and Fritz, EMBO J. 6 (1987), 1809-1815), XLI-Blue (Stratagene) and HB101 (Boyer and Roulland-Dussoix, J. Mol. Biol., 41 (1969), 459; Bolivar and Backman, Messages Enzymol. 68 (1979), 2040) are maintained and cultured by using standard E. coli culture media (Sambrook, supra).
  • cefE expression cassettes are listed in Table I, which also explains the nomenclature that has been used for these plasmids.
  • the N. lactamdurans cefE open reading frame was obtained as a 0.9 kb PCR product, containing a unique NdeI restriction site at the 5'-end and a unique XbaI site at the 3'-end.
  • the S. clavuligerus cefE open reading frame was obtained as a 0.9 kb PCR product, also containing a unique NdeI restriction site at the 5'-end and a unique XbaI restriction site at the 3'-end.
  • PCR products 1 and 2 were cloned in the lo vector pMCTNde, a derivative of pMC-5 (Stanssens et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 17 (1989), 4441).
  • Plasmid pMCTNde was derived from pMC5-8 (European patent application No. 0351029) by insertion of a fragment encoding the tac promoter followed by a RBS site and a NdeI cloning site (FIG. 3).
  • PCR products 1 and 2 were digested with NdeI and XbaI and ligated into NdeI-XbaI digested vector pMCTNde.
  • the ligation mixture was used to transform E. coli WK6. Transformants were selected for resistance to chloramphenicol. These transformants are used to isolate plasmid DNA.
  • the cefE expression cassette insert is first analyzed by restriction enzyme digestion on the predicted generation of restriction fragments. Plasmids containing the predicted restriction enzyme sites are finally analyzed by automated DNA sequence analysis.
  • the derived amino acid sequence of the published N. lactamdurans cefE gene has a proline at amino acid position 41 (see Seq. ID No. 16). This proline is missing in the clones that were obtained in PCR 1. This plasmid is called pMCTNE (FIG. 1).
  • a 0.5 kb penDE (AT) terminator region was obtained using chromosomal DNA of P. chrysogenum and oligo-nucleotides 9 and 10, and 11 and 10, respectively.
  • These PCR products thus contain the 3'-terminal sequence of the cefE gene with or without a microbody targeting signal, consisting of a C-terminal amino acid sequence ARL (Muller et al., Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1116 (1992), 210-213).
  • the oligonucleotides are designed in such a way that a unique BspEI site is introduced at the 5'-end of the PCR product and a unique SpeI site is introduced at the 3'-end of the PCR product.
  • PCR the 0.5 kbpenDE (AT) terminator region was obtained using chromosomal DNA of P. chrysogenum and oligo-nucleotides 12 and 10, and 13 and 10, respectively.
  • These PCR products thus contain the 3'-terminal sequence of the S. clavuligerus cefE gene with or without a microbody targeting signal, consisting of a C-terminal amino acid sequence SKL (De Hoop et al., Biochem. J. 286 (1992), 657-669).
  • the oligonucleoiides are designed in such a way that a unique BalI restriction site is introduced at the 5'-end of the PCR product and a unique speI site is obtained at the 3'-end of the PCR product.
  • the gpdA promoter and the AT promoter fragment were ligated to the cefE fragments from the plasmids pMCTNE and pMCTSE. These ligated fragments were cloned into the vector pBluescript II KS.
  • PCR 3 was digested with EcoRI and NdeI.
  • pMCTNE and pMCTSE were digested with NdeI and XbaI.
  • the restriction fragments were separated by agerose gel electrophoresis.
  • the 0.9 kb cefE coding fragments were purified from the agerose gel.
  • the EcoRI-NdeI promoter fragment was ligated together with the NdeI-XbaI cefE fragments into EcoRI-XbaI digested vector pBluescript II KS.
  • pGSE and pGNE The following plasmids were obtained: pGSE and pGNE.
  • PCR 5 products were digested with BspEI and SpeI and ligated into BspEI and SpeI digested vector pGNE. Ligation mixtures were used to transform E. coli HB101. Transformants were selected for resistance to ampicillin. Plasmids isolated from these transformants were characterized by restriction fragment analysis and later by DNA sequence analysis. Thus the following plasmids were obtained: pGNEWA and pGNETA (FIG. 4).
  • PCR 6 products were digested with BglI and SpeI and ligated into BglI and SpeI digested vector pGSE. Ligation mixtures were used to transform E. coli HB101. Transformants were selected for resistance to ampicillin. Plasmids isolated from these transformants were also characterized by restriction fragment analysis and later by DNA sequence analysis. Thus the following plasmids were obtained: pGSEWA and pGSETA (FIG. 5).
  • the plasmids pGNETA, pGNEWA, pGSETA and pGSEWA were digested with EcoRI and NdeI.
  • the restriction fragments were separated by agerose gel etectrophoresis and the 4.5 kb fragments were purified from the gel.
  • PCR 4 product was digested with EcoRI and NdeI and ligated with the purified fragments mentioned above. After transformation of the ligation mixtures into E. coli HB101, transformants were selected for ampicillin resistance.
  • Transformants were grown and their plasmids were isolated and characterized by restriction fragment analysis and finally DNA sequence analysis. Thus the desired constructs were obtained, viz. pANETA (FIG. 6), pANEWA, pASETA (FIG. 7) and pASEWA.
  • the Ca-PEG mediated protoplast transformation procedure is used.
  • European patent application No. 94201896.1 describes a method for obtaining selection marker gene free recombinant strains. This method was successfully used on P. chrysogenum transformants containing the A. nidulans amdS gene as a dominant selection marker.
  • the only elements of heterolegous naturethen are the 0.9 kb cefE coding region, and, optionally, the 0.9 kb gpdA promoter region.
  • P. chrysogenum transformants are purified by repeated cultivation on selective medium. Single stable colonies are used to prepare agar slants to produce spores and to screen for transformants containing the cefE expression cassette. Boiling a fragment of fresh mycelium from transformants on an agar plate was used to obtain enough template DNA to efficiently screen hundreds of transformants for the presence of the cefE gene using the PCR technique. (Seth, Fungel Genetics Conference, Asilomar (1991), abstract in Fungel Genetics Newsletter 38, 55.) By doing so efficiency of transformation was estimated.
  • Transformants were grown on agar medium that contained the side-chain precursor of choice.
  • E. coli ESS2231 was used as indicator bacterium in an agar overlay, that also contained Bacto penase to be able to discriminate between penicillin and cephalosporin production according to methods well known in the art and described for example in Guttierez et al., Mol. Gen. Genet. 225 (1991), 56-64).
  • Spores are used to inoculate P. chrysogenum culture medium as described in section d. After 72 hours of cultivation (at 25° C.) chromosomal DNA is isolated from the mycelium. The DNA is digested with a restriction enzyme with a 6 bp recognition sequence like EcoRI or PstI.
  • the DNA fragments are separated by agerose gel electrophoresis and blotted onto Gene screen nylon membranes (New England Nuclear).
  • the Southern blots are hybridized with the 32 p labelled PCR 2 product as a probe for cefE gene sequences.
  • 32 p labelling of purified PCR 2 product is achieved by random priming labelling in the presence of ⁇ 32 P dCTP by using a commercial labelling kit (Boehringer Mannheim)
  • Transformants containing the cefE coding sequence are tested for expression of the cefE gene product, here referred to as expandase activity.
  • Selected transformants are cultivated in penicillin production medium (see Example 2).
  • transformants with different levels of acyltransferase and expandase enzymetic activities are selected for fermentative production of 7-ADCA derivatives.
  • P. chrysogenum strain Wisconsin 54-1255 (ATCC 28089) is transformed with one of the DNA constructs as described in Example 1 and inoculated at 2 * 10 6 conidia/ml into a seed medium consisting of (g/l): glucose, 30; (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 , 10; KH 2 PO 4 , 10; trace element solution I (MgSO 4 .7H 2 O, 25; FeSO 4 .7H 2 O, 10; CuSO 4 .5H 2 O, 0.5; ZnSO 4 .7H 2 O, 2; Na 2 SO 4 , 50; MnSO 4 .H 2 O, 2; CaCl 2 .2H 2 O, 5) , 10 (ml/l) (pH before sterilization 6.5).
  • a seed medium consisting of (g/l): glucose, 30; (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 , 10; KH 2 PO 4 , 10; trace element solution I (MgSO 4 .7H 2 O, 25; Fe
  • the seed culture is incubated for 48-72 hours at 25°-30° C. and subsequently used to inoculate 10-20 volumes of a production medium containing (g/l) lactose, 80; maltose, 20; CaSO 4 , 4; urea, 3; MgSO 4 .7H 2 O, 2; KH 2 PO 4 , 7; NaCl, 0.5; (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 , 6; FeSO 4 .7H 2 O, 0.1; 3'-carboxymethylthiopropionic acid, 5; trace element solution II (CuSO 4 .5H 2 O, 0.5; ZnSO 4 .7H 2 O, 2; MnSO 4 .H 2 O, 2; Na 2 SO 4 , 50), 10 (ml/l) (pH before sterilization 5.5-6.0). The incubation is then continued for another 96-120 hours.
  • a production medium containing (g/l) lactose, 80; maltose, 20; CaSO 4
  • the HPLC apparatus used is a Beckman System Gold, consisting of a model 126 programmable solvent system, a model 507 autosampler, a model 168 diode-array detector and System Gold data system (5.10).
  • As the stationary phase two (2) Chromspher C18 cartridge columns (100 ⁇ 3 mm, Chrompack) in series are used.
  • the mobile phase consists of a linear gradient from 100% 0.07M phosphate buffer pH 4.8 to 25% acetonitrile and 75% phosphate buffer pH 4.8 in 15 minutes at a flow rate of 0.5 ml/min.
  • the production of 2- (carboxyethylthio) acetyl- and 3- (carboxymethyl-thio)propionyl-7-ADCA is quantitated at 260 nm using synthetic 2- (carboxyethylthio) acetyl- and 3- (carboxymethylthio) propionyl-7-ADCA as reference substances.
  • the conversion of 2-(carboxyethylthio)acetyl-and 3-(carboxymethylthio)propionyl-7-ADCA is carried out in a single enzymatic step using a specific acylase which has been derived from Pseudomonas SY77 acylase via region directed mutagenesis.
  • a specific acylase which has been derived from Pseudomonas SY77 acylase via region directed mutagenesis.
  • the construction and identification of the mutant Pseudomonas SY77 acylase with improved activity towards the 2-(carboxyethylthio)-acetyl- and 3-(carboxymethylthio)propionyl side chain has been described in EP-A-0453048.
  • the mutant tyrosine at position 178 in the ⁇ -subunit of the Pseudomonas SY77 acylase has been replaced by histidine.
  • the mutant acylase is produced in E. coli. Cells are harvested by centrifugation and resuspended in 10 mM phosphate buffer pH 7.4 containing 140 mMNaCl. Subsequently the cells are disrupted by sonification. After removing the cell debris the supernatants containing the acylase activity are collected.
  • acylase Further purification of the acylase is performed by a series of chromatographic steps: (1) ion-exchange chromatography on Q-sepharose fast-flow at pH 8.8; (2) hydrophobic interaction chromatography on Phenyl-Sepharose; and (3) gel-permeation chromatography on a Sephacryl S200HR column.
  • the purified acylase is immobilized onto particles consisting of a mixture of gelatin and chitosan.
  • the particles are treated with glutaraldehyde just before addition of the enzyme.
  • the conversion of 2-(carboxyethylthio)acetyl-and 3-(carboxymethylthio)propionyl-7-ADCA is carried out in a stirred tank reactor. First the aqueous cephalosporin solution is added to the reactor. Subsequently the temperature of the solution is brought to 30° C. at constant stirring and the pH is fixed at 8 with potassium hydroxide. Then the immobilized enzyme is added and the conversion starts. During the conversion the pH in the reactor is recorded continuously and kept at 8. The 3'-carboxymethylthio propionic acid which is liberated during the reaction is titrated with KOH. The amount of KOH which is added is integrated and recorded on a flatbed recorder. The conversion is monitored by collecting samples from the reactor which are analyzed for 2-(carboxyethylthio)acetyt- and 3-(carboxymethylthio)propionyl-7-ADCA and 7-ADCA by HPLC as described in Example 2.
  • the immobilized enzyme is removed by filtration and the pH of the filtrate is brought to 1 while the filtrate comprises butyl acetate.
  • the layers are separated and the pH of the aqueous phase which contains 7-ADCA is adjusted to 3.
  • the crystalline 7-ADCA is then filtered off.

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